Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- melancholic
- urgent
- historical drama night
- serious movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly admired the film's shockingly gritty, realistic treatment of the Yugoslavian conflict but found its central love story trite and overbearing.
What sets it apart
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Sarah, Harrison, and fellow photojournalists confront the professional and moral costs of recording atrocities in Yugoslavia.
Sarah's search for Harrison turns marital devotion into the emotional engine of a war-zone journey.
The film's gritty battlefield imagery and photojournalist viewpoint emphasize chaotic, shockingly realistic violence.
Cesar tends Harrison's prized greenhouse and keeps its flowers alive as a counterpoint to the destruction in Yugoslavia.
Films like Harrison's Flowers, and why
Welcome to Sarajevo
shared war correspondent perspective, documentary realism, and morally harrowing depiction of armed conflict
The Hunting Party
shared Balkan War setting, journalistic investigation, and tense human drama amid political violence
A Very Long Engagement
shared wartime separation, determined romantic pursuit, and emotionally direct melodrama
Under Fire
shared photojournalism, war-zone peril, and committed protagonists confronting atrocities
Movie Details
- Director
- Élie Chouraqui
- Release Date
- 2000-09-23
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (88)
Cast
- Andie MacDowell
- Elias Koteas
- Brendan Gleeson
- Adrien Brody
- David Strathairn
- Quinn Shephard
- Gerard Butler
- Alun Armstrong
- Caroline Goodall
- Diane Baker
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Harrison's Flowers about?
- A journalist's desperate search for her missing husband carries a love story through the brutal collapse of wartime Yugoslavia.
- What is Harrison's Flowers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Harrison's Flowers as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Harrison's Flowers violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Harrison's Flowers as graphic.
- What did critics think of Harrison's Flowers?
- Critics broadly admired the film's shockingly gritty, realistic treatment of the Yugoslavian conflict but found its central love story trite and overbearing.
- Which films are like Harrison's Flowers?
- Films with a similar feel include Welcome to Sarajevo, The Hunting Party, A Very Long Engagement, and Under Fire.
- How long is Harrison's Flowers?
- Harrison's Flowers runs 130 minutes.
- Where can I watch Harrison's Flowers?
- In United States, Harrison's Flowers streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
